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Cookie dough can be frozen up to three months in an airtight container or refrigerated three to four days.

Start Valentine’s Day off with love by serving our deliciously-sweet Twisted Valentine Bread. www.rapidrecipebox.com

In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make her Perfect Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting. It is a delightful mixture of butter, cream cheese, confectioner’s sugar, vanilla, and pecans. Ingredients: 1 cup chopped pecans 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened ½ cup butter, softened 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 16-oz. package confectioner’s sugar Place 1 cup chopped pecans in a shallow pan. Bake in a 350 degree (F) oven until lightly toasted, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Place 8-oz. softened cream cheese, ½ cup softened butter, and 1 tablespoon vanilla in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add a 16-oz. package confectioner’s sugar and beat at high speed until smooth and spreadable. Stir in 1 cup toasted pecans (cooled). Spread icing on cooled cake, cupcakes, or cookies. I used the Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting to ice an Italian Cream Cake. The Italian Cream Cake is the cake I chose for my Easter dinner, and I will be uploading the cake before long. I hope you enjoy the Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting! –Betty ?

To store cookies, wait until cookies have completely cooled. Store them in tightly covered containers.

Any cookie that has a dab of icing or jam on top, is filled or is topped with candied fruit must be packed with wax paper between each layer.

Use fresh cookies for ice cream sandwich. Ice cream sandwiches taste best with fresh cookies and fresh ice cream.

Your cookies are ready and you want to freeze, it can be frozen but make sure they are completely cooled before freezing.

Green tipped bananas should be selected for cooking or ripening, yellow ones should be selected for eating and brown-specked ones should be selected for baking breads, muffins and cookies.

Make your own ice cream sandwich this summer by placing your ice cream of choice between two of your favorite cookies. Kids will love them too.